The assassination of Francisco Beltran, an alleged cartel operative, on a Mexican freeway in March was facilitated by American CIA officers. According to a number of sources, it was a part of an expanded and beforehand unreported CIA operation contained in the nation. The CIA declined to remark when first knowledgeable of NCS’s reporting, however then referred to as it a “PR stunt” for the cartel after it printed. NCS’s Natasha Bertrand studies.